Man pleads not guilty in highway shooting

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A man charged in a deadly highway shooting in Louisville has entered a not guilty plea.

WAVE-TV reports 43-year-old Christopher L. McCullum appeared Monday in Jefferson Circuit Court.

He is charged with murder in the death of 42-year-old Mukhtar Ahmad (MOOK’-tar AHK’-mahd) of Louisville. Police have said they believe the shooting was an act of road rage.

Police said Ahmad was driving an SUV southbound on Interstate 71 at mile marker 7 when the driver of a van alongside him opened fire. The SUV ran off the road and crashed into a guardrail.

Officers found Ahmad dead in the driver’s seat. Bullet holes had pierced the window.

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